In 2001, Deborah Frieze walked out of her career as an executive in the high-tech industry. She was disillusioned by a business culture that emphasized short-term results, looked upon growth as an end rather than a means, and cared more about compliance than community. A year later, she met Meg Wheatley and a community of pioneering leaders who, like her, were walking out of organizations and systems that were failing to contribute to the common good. These were friends and colleagues of The Berkana Institute. She currently lives in Boston but can more often be found visiting friends and colleagues around the world who are creating healthy and resilient communities.

01:41 Jeff:
Good luck. Will keep standing by just in case. No classes today, so no
problem on this end. I keep hearing static as you play around and then
a short clip of you staring at the machine listening to wicked witch.

02:11
Scott Shelhart: MaryBeth Hertz: This is fascinating to think about
alongside of disruption theory in Disrupting Class

02:11
Scott Shelhart: MaryBeth Hertz: This is fascinating to think about
alongside of disruption theory in Disrupting Class MaryBeth Hertz: This
is fascinating to think about alongside of disruption theory in
Disrupting Clas

02:12
Scott Shelhart: Chris Sloan: Disrupting Class ... good book

02:13
Scott Shelhart: Chad Sansing: Interesting - dovetails into a book I'm
reading about "nations" at work in the American state, their power to
assimilate residents, and their immutability to change.

02:13
Scott Shelhart: Chad Sansing: Responsibility to kids in schools is a
primary driver of the tension between some ideas on the Coöp.

02:14
Chris Sloan: I like the "class" that is being disrupted. Not just
school class, but socio-economic class (as I recall, it's been a year
or so since I've read it)

02:15
Scott Shelhart: MaryBeth Hertz: I just wrote about the idea of Change
W/In and W/out the System. I guess I need to read Deborah's book!
http://mbteach.com/?p=403

02:16
Scott Shelhart: Chad Sansing: @MB: EduCon book group

02:17
Chad Sansing: Swaraj sounds a bit like Goddard.

02:19
Christina: Chad, what were the names of the places in Mexico? do you
remember?

02:19
jackiegerstein: Sad - that time in education has to be spent unlearning
- what are the ethics behind this?

02:19
Kelsey: Zapatismo and Uniterria

02:20
jackiegerstein: Passion-based learning

02:20
Chad Sansing: Christina - Unitierra in Oaxaca and Chiapas -

02:21
Christina: Thank you @Chad!

02:22
Chad Sansing: Sure thing -

02:22
Scott Shelhart: Delayed learning to read... because there hes yet to be
a need to read?

02:22
Mary Beth: @jackie as far as ethics go---I think of it as guiding kids
towards unlearning misconceptions about what learning is and looks like
that they may get from the way schools are now structured (read: high
stakes testing)

02:27
Chad Sansing: @Ryan: are there principles kids can explore w/ materials
they choose and bring? What is essential for kids to illustrate - and
are their essentials in the "how" that can be tackled with different
materials?

02:28
Chad Sansing: The way we schedule, staff, and track classes doesn't
help, but that makes each of those things fertile ground for criticism,
experimentation, and subversion.

02:28
jackiegerstein: Maybe more Reggio then?

02:30
Mary Beth: @jackie--ah, yes. Is school actually in the business of
letting kids be themselves as it currently exists?

02:51
jackiegerstein: Outward bound models focuses on building community -
facilitator helps groups create their norms and community, and then
progressively removes him/herself from the community, letting the young
people run their community

Scott Shelhart:jackiegerstein (guest-1552): Sad - that time in education has to be spent unlearning - what are the ethics behind this?

@jackie as far as ethics go---I think of it as guiding kids towards unlearning misconceptions about what learning is and looks like that they may get from the way schools are now structured (read: high stakes testing)

Kelsey Shelhart: these people ar posting interesting things faster than I can write!

Scott Shelhart: The other chat is recorded. You can read the archive later. Focus on the live coversation

Chad Sansing (guest-1547): @Ryan: are there principles kids can explore w/ materials they choose and bring? What is essential for kids to illustrate - and are their essentials in the "how" that can be tackled with different materials?

Scott Shelhart: Mary Beth (guest-1551): @jackie--ah, yes. Is school actually in the business of letting kids be themselves as it currently exists?

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